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Unit
Exercises 97

97.1 Make one sentence from two. Complete the sentence using an -ing clause.
1 A bell was ringing. I was woken up by it.
I was woken up by a bell ringing .
2 A taxi was taking us to the airport. It broke down.
The broke down.
3 There’s a path at the end of this street. The path leads to the river.
At the end of the street there’s .
4 A factory has just opened in the town. It employs 500 people.
has just opened in the town.
5 A man was sitting next to me on the plane. He was asleep most of the time.
The was asleep most of the time.
6 The company sent me a brochure. It contained the information I needed.
The company sent me a .

97.2 Complete the sentence with an -ed clause. Choose from:
damaged in the storm made at the meeting injured in the accident
involved in the project stolen from the museum surrounded by trees

1 The boy injured in the accident was taken to hospital.
2 The paintings haven’t been found yet.
3 We’ve repaired the gate .
4 Most of the suggestions were not practical.
5 Our friends live in a beautiful house .
6 Everybody worked very well.
97.3 Complete the sentences. Use the following verbs in the correct form:
blow call cause invite live offer paint read ring sit study work
1 I was woken up by a bell ringing .
2 George showed me some pictures painted by his father.
3 Some of the people to the party can’t come.
4 Somebody Jack phoned while you were out.
5 Life must be very unpleasant for people near busy airports.
6 A few days after the interview, I received an email me the job.
7 The building was badly damaged in a fire by an electrical fault.
8 Did you see the picture of the trees down in the storm?
9 The waiting room was empty except for an old man in the corner
a magazine.
10 Ian has a brother in a bank in London and a sister
economics at university in Manchester.
97.4 Use the words in brackets to make sentences with There is / There was etc.
1 That house is empty. (nobody / live / in it) There’s nobody living in it.
2 The accident wasn’t serious. (nobody / injure) There was nobody injured.
3 I can hear footsteps. (somebody / come) There
4 I’ve spent all the money I had. (nothing / leave) There
5 The train was full. (a lot of people / travel)

6 We were the only guests at the hotel. (nobody else / stay there)

7 The piece of paper was blank. (nothing / write / on it)

8 The college offers English courses in the evening. (a course / begin / next Monday)

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